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cess·pit

 (sĕs′pĭt′)
n.
A pit for refuse or sewage.

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Noun1.cesspit - a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
cistern - an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
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cesspit

noun
A place known for its great filth or corruption:
Slang: armpit.
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Translations

cesspit

[ˈsespɪt] cesspool [ˈsespuːl] Npozo m negro (fig) → sentina f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

cesspit

[ˈsɛspɪt] nfosse f d'aisance
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

cesspit

[ˈsɛsˌpɪt] cesspool [ˈsɛsˌpuːl] npozzo nero
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Excavation finds at Most and contamination in wells and cesspits bring remnants of the murky past into the light of day.
The new vinylester resin is suitable for water-proofing and corrosion-proofing treatment of underground cesspits of buildings (building-pits), drainage facilities, and sewage facilities of farm villages.
ROME -- Archaeologists picking through latrines, sewers, cesspits and trash dumps at Pompeii and Herculaneum have found tantalizing clues to an apparently varied diet there before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed those Roman cities in 79 A.D.
Cesspits, sealed systems with no discharge into the environment, do not need to be registered with the Environment Agency, whereas septic tanks drain clarified water out of the system and either into a soakaway or a watercourse.
Substantial changes in the townscape followed in the 14th century, after the establishment of the brick manufacturing complex in the southern suburban area of town (Bernotas 2011, 66), the introduction of cesspits, and the construction of buildings made of bricks and stone.
Grant Henderson bought the domain www.wemovesh.it for his company, which supplies portable loos and empties septic tanks and cesspits.
quinquefasciatus in cesspits and drains was therefore carried out to determine its optimum dosage and effectiveness, in Puducherry, an endemic area for ilariasis, south India.
Much of the material was used to fill disused cesspits behind the buildings fronting onto Bridge Street.
Several large developments in Llanelli have been given the go-ahead despite sewage spillages way more than amounts permitted by environmental law, which have led to claims that parts of the nearby coast are being turned into "cesspits".
In a letter to Northumbrian Water, which has gone out to all UK water companies, DWI chief Professor Jeni Colbourne has advised them to carry out checks on all sewage pipes, campsites, cesspits and septic tanks and check the capability of water tanks to be shut down in heavy rainfall.
The editor demonstrates that London's four "Viewers" were kept busy adjudicating disputes between neighbors over boundaries, cesspits and the like; while Peter W.